Universal Credit and student loan eligibility

delacroixdevon

Does Universal Credit count as 'income' when my son applies for a maintenance grant / student loan?

I can't find anything useful online and it's really confusing me. At the moment, it seems like he is only eligible for a smaller grant because we have put down everything I get in terms of UC, plus my other son's condition means we get DLA/PIP payments. I've included all of that as 'income' and my son won't have enough to live on in terms of the grants and loans.

Further readings shows that I can deduct a grand for each child (apart from the son going to university) and perhaps DLA/PIP doesn't count as income either?

Any advice would be much appreciated because I simply can't find anything to help parents on UC understand what counts as 'income'.

Thank you in advance.

kaMelo

What they want to know is "taxable household income." Obviously earnings are taxable but with benefits, some are taxable and some are not. You do not need to include non taxable benefits in the household income calculation.

Edited to add, I know there was a list of what should and should not be included but alas, I can't seem to find it at the moment. However, on the student room forum I did come across a rather comprehensive reply from a SFE representative to a similar question.
https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=7164166

marcia_

 Universal credit and DLA are not taxable 

https://www.gov.uk/income-tax/taxfree-and-taxable-state-benefits